Collar and cuff ironing machine



' Sept. 15, 1931. BAUSMAN 1,323,482

COLLAR AND CUFF IRONING MACHINE Filed Sept. 13, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

ATTORN Y5 Sept. 15, 1931-. l A. BAUSMAN 1,323,432

COLLAR AND CUFF momma MACHINE I Filed Sept. 13, 1929 2 Shoets8h9fl 2 INVENTOR W A TTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ALONZOLINTON BAUSMAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS COLLAR AND CUFF IRONING MACHINE Application filed September 18, 1929. Serial No. 392,363.

This invention relates to improvements in by a link 22. The details of the press operatcollar and cuff presses for laundry use. One ing mechanism as described above do not Object of the invention is to construct a press form part of my present invention, and are adapted to this purpose in which there is imdescribed only to complete the disclosure of proved equalization of pressure on the sevan operative mechanism. I pp;

eral collar and cuff bucks. A further object Threaded into a boss 23 formed in the cenis to improve presses of this type in the matter of the forward portion of the arm 12 is ter of securing exact registration of the seva ball pointed screw 2% held in adjusted poeral upper andlower pressing members. A sition by a lock nut 25. The ball end of this in further object is to pr ovide a press in which screw fits into a cup-shaped depression 26 s the positioning of the work on the several in an equalizing bar 27 curved as shown in bucks will be facilitated, and in which the Fig. 2 for a purpose to be described. In'Fig. operator will not be required to move from 3 the curve has been eliminated in order to her normal position in turning from one show the parts without introducing a con buck to another. fusing perspective. Studs 28, preferably 50 The press in which the invention has been four in number, are secured to the equalizing embodied will be described in connection bar and extend upwardly through holes in with'the accompanying drawings, in which: a flange 29 formed as a part of arm 12.

Fig. 1. is a side elevation; Above the flange, springs 30 are mounted Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the upper press upon the studs and are surmounted by wash- 0.3 head, taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; ers 31 and nuts 32 so that their tension may Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the upper be adjusted individually; The arrangement and lower press heads, taken substantially described permits a slight rocking movement on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and for purposes of of the equalizing bar with the ball pointed clarity showing the heads as if the angular screw 24 as a pivot, a normal position of the 7 arrangement illustrated in Fig. 2 were'not bar parallel to the flange 29 being mainpresent; tained yieldably by the springs 30.

Fig. 4 is'a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; At a generally central position a smaller and ball pointed screw 35 is threaded through the 20 Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig.8. equalizing bar and is held in adjusted posi- 75 The press is carried upon a frame 10, to tion by a lock nut 36. The ball end of this which is pivoted at 11 an upper head carryscrew fits into a cupshaped depression 37 in ing arm or-yoke 12. The arm hasa rearward an upper collar Jress head 38, cored at 39 extension 13, towhich an adjustable link 14 and fitted with pipes 40 for the circulation 35 ispivoted at 15, the other end of the link of steam. Studs ll on the press head, prcf- 0 being pivoted at 16 to a second link 17. At erably four in number pass iqnvardly its lower end this second link is swingingly through the equalizing bar, and are provided mountedon the frame at 18, and formstowith springs 42, collars 43, and nuts 44. The .gether'with link "14 a toggle, the straightencollar press head is thus mounted so that it ing of which causes the press to be closed. may have aslightyielding rocking motion R5 Pivoted to thelink 17 at 19 is'the piston rod. around the ball end of the screw 35. At each of apneumatic cylinder 20, the action of end of the equalizing lever is a bal ended which may be controlled by any suitable screw 15 held in adjusted position by .a lock valve mechanism. The counterweight 21 is. nut 46. The ball end of this screw fits into pivoted to the frame and is joined to arm 13 a cup-shaped depression 47 in an upper cuilpressing head 48, cored at 49 and provided with pipes 50 for the circulation of steam. Studs 51 on each cuff pressing head, preferably four in number, pass upwardly through the equalizing bar, and are provided with springs 52, washers 53, and nuts p4. Each cufl press head is thus mounted for 1ndependent rocking movement in a yielding manner similarly to the collar press head.

The collar and cutf press heads have concave lower ironing surfaces 55 and 56, respectively.

Secured to the frame below the movable press heads is a buck base 60 having a cylin- -drical extension 61 fitting into a recess in the frame. A collar buck 62 is secured to the center of this base b bolts 63. Ways 64 (Fig. 1) are formed in t e ends of the equalizing bar, and receive slidably a pair of out? bucks 65 corresponding to the two cuff press heads carried uponthe arm 12. Each cud buclr has a downwardly extending lug 66 which has threaded into it an adjusting screw 67 mounted for rotation in but held against longitudinal movement with respect to the buck base 60. The collar and cuff bucks have convex upper surfaces68 and 69, respectively, adapted for the reception of the usual padding 85 which has not been shown on Fig. 1 as its illustration would obscure the holes 78.

The buck base is cored. out as at 70 to provide a central steam passage by which it, and the air circulated'through it as will be de- Fscnibed, can be heated. On each side of the ""steam;passage are air passa cs 71 and 72 which open towards the mac ine frame in the cylindrical extension 61 and towards the several collar and end bucks each of which is cored out to provide air passages 73 and .74. A fan 75 is mounted in the machine frame, and is providedyvith a suction passage 76 and an exhaust passage 7 7 registering with theipas'sa cs 71 and 72, respectively. The outer sur ace of each of the bucks is dotted with small holes 78 extending into the air passages, about half of the holes in each buck connecting with the suction passage and the other half with the exhaust passage. .The action of the fan will be to circulate air through the bucks and through the padding mounted upon them. The air will pass out one set of holes, through'the padding and back into the buck through the other set of holes. In some aspects of my invention, the

circulatory feature of the air supply could be dispensed with and the air blown or sucked directly through the padding, although the construction described is preferred.

It will be noted from the plan View of Fig. 2 that the two cuff pressing units are arranged at oblique angles with respect to the central collar pressing unit, this angular position being aided by the curvature of the equalizing bar. This arrangement greatly reduces the movement required of the operator in placing the work upon the press. From a permanent station indicated conventionally at 80, the operator may reach the three pressing units with only slight turning. Vere the three units arranged in a line, a bodily shifting of the operators position would be required.

Claims:

1. In a laundry press of the type having a stationary press head presenting a plurality of ironing surfaces and a movable press head carrying a plurality of ironing surfaces into coaction with the stationary ironing surfaces. that construction of the movable press head comprising a movable operating arm, an equalizing lever pivotally secured to the arm, and a plurality of ironing members each pivotally secured to the equalizing lever.

2. In a laundry pressof the type having a stationary press head presenting-a plurality of ironing surfaces and a movable press head carrying a plurality of ironing surfaces movable into coaction with the stationary ironing surfaces, that constrnction'of the movable press head comprising amovable operating arm, an equalizing lever pivotally secured to the arm, a plurality of ironing members each pivotally secured to the equalizing lever, and a spring device associated with each of the ironing members and operative to maintain the members in normally centralized position.

3. A laundry press comprising a stationary press head presenting a plurality of padded ironing members, a single movable press head carrying a plurality of separate ironing members and movable to bring said members into coaction with the padded ironing members on the stationary press head, separate supply and return air passages in the stationary press head, said passagesbeing common to all of the stationary ironing members, separate supply and return air passages in each of the stationary ironing members connect ing with the common passages in the press head, two sets of perforations in each stationary ironing member connecting both of the air passages therein with the padding surrounding the member, and means connected with the common supply and return air passages in the stationary head for circulating air through them.

4. A laundry press comprising a lower buck, a central ironing member mounted on the buck, a pair of end ironing members separately adjustable towards and away from the central member, an upper head, an equalizing member carried by the head, and a central and a pair of end ironing members carried by the equalizing member and each yieldably pivotally mounted thereon for coaction with the ironing members carried by the lower buck. i v

5. A collar and cufi ironing press comprising a stat1onary aw presenting a central convex collar ironing surface and a pair of convex cuff ironing surfaces disposed at angles to and projecting in front of the collar ironing surface so that they can readil be 5 reached by an oberator standin direct y in front of the col ar ironing sur ace a movable jaw carrying ironing members shaped to conform to the ironing surfaces of the stationary jaw and arranged similarly thereto, and means for moving the movable jaw to bring the ironing surfaces in unison against the stationary ironing members.

In testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature. ALQNZO LINTON BAUSMAN. 

